Human Rights in Chinese Thought
Subtitle: A Cross-Cultural Inquiry (Cambridge Modern China Series)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: June 24, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780521007528
Subjects: Human rights; Philosophy; Political Freedom & Security - Human Rights; Politics / Current Events; China; East Asia, Far East; History & Theory - General; Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights; Human rights--China; Philosophy / General; Political
First sentence: IN JUNE OF 1993, His Excellency Mr. Liu Huaqiu, head of the Chinese delegation, made the following statement in the course of his remarks to the United Nations World Conference on Human Rights in Vienna: The concept of human rights is a product of historical development.